Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents vii
3. Preface xi
4. PART I. The Current State of Anthropological Theory: A Critique
5. 1. Introduction 3
6. 2. An Overview of Theory 8
7. 3. Paradigms or Pseudo-paradigms 53
8. 4. Conceptual Contradictions 73
9. 5. Theory as Myth 100
10. 6. Structuralism and the Second Burial of Émile Durkheim 115
11. PART 2. Contradiction as the Basis of Social Life: A Solution
12. 7. Contradictions in Everyday Life 145
13. 8. Neutralizing Mechanisms 177
14. 9. The Illusion of Simplicity 195
15. 10. Reflections on Our Future 211
16. Bibliography 245
17. Index 263